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 PUBLIC LAW 97-35—AUG. 13, 1981

95 STAT. 897

(ii) supplemental security income payments under title XVI of the Social Security Act; 42 USC 1381. (iii) food stamps under the Food Stamp Act of 1977; or 7 USC 2011 note. (iv) payments under section 415, 521, 541, or 542 of title 38, United States Code, or under section 306 of the Veterans' and Survivors' Pension Improvement Act of 1978; o r

(B) households with incomes which do not exceed the greater of— (i) an amount equal to 150 percent of the poverty level for such State; or (ii) an amount equal to 60 percent of the State median income; (3) conduct outreach activities designed to assure that eligible households, especially households with elderly individuals or handicapped individuals, or both, are made aware of the assistance available under this title, and any similar energy-related assistance available under subtitle B of title VI (relating to community services block grant program) or under any other provision of law which carries out programs which were administered under the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 before the date of the enactment of this Act; (4) coordinate its activities under this title with similar and related programs administered by the Federal Government and such State, particularly low-income energy-related programs under subtitle B of title VI (relating to community services block grant program), under the supplemental security income program, under part A of title IV of the Social Security Act, under title XX of the Social Security Act, under the low-income weatherization assistance program under title IV of the Energy Conservation and Production Act, or under any other provision of law which carries out programs which were administered under the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 before the date of the enactment of this Act; (5) provide, in a manner consistent with the efficient and timely payment of benefits, that the highest level of assistance will be furnished to those households which have the lowest incomes and the highest energy costs in relation to income, taking into account family size; (6) to the extent it is necessary to designate local administrative agencies in order to carry out the purposes of this title, give special consideration, in the designation of such agencies, to any local public or private nonprofit agency which was receiving Federal funds under any low-income energy assistance program or weatherization program under the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 or any other provision of law on the day before the date of the enactment of this Act, except that— (A) the State shall, before giving such special consideration, determine that the agency involved meets progrsun and fiscal requirements established by the State; and (B) if there is no such agency because of any change in the assistance furnished to programs for economically disadvantaged persons, then the State shall give special consideration in the designation of IOCEQ administrative agencies to any successor agency which is operated in substantially the same manner as the predecessor agency which did receive funds for the fiscal jrear preceding the fiscal year for which the determination is made;

38 USC 521 note.

Ante, p. 511. 42 USC 2701 ^°^-

42 USC 601. 42 USC 1397. 42 USC 6851. f ^SC 2701 ^ note.

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